Spring Cleaning? Why not ReStore your home with Habitat?

It’s that time of year again, the birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming; no need for heavy winter coats. It’s time to open the house windows and do a good spring clean!

Now there are tons of tricks, lists and simple suggestions out there to make spring cleaning easier and less time consuming; Habitat for Humanity Wellington County has a list of their own to help remind you what items to donate and all about our free pick-ups.  <Take a look below of accepted and unaccepted items> 

All you need to do to donate an item is bring it into the ReStore located at Suite 300, 104 Dawson Road in Guelph. If your item is too large for you to bring in on your own or you have a number of things to donate, you can call the ReStore at 519-780-2323 to arrange for a free pick-up of all your items!

There are several great reasons to donate your unwanted goods to the Habitat Guelph ReStore. Your donations reduce the amount of material going into local landfill sites. In fact, the Guelph ReStore has diverted over 3,000,000 pounds of goods away from these sites. That's the equivalent to 230 elephants! Additionally, ReStore profits helps us offset administration costs so you can rest assured every penny you donate to Habitat for Humanity Wellington County goes directly to buying building materials to build more homes in your community.   

Spring Cleaning with the ReStore this year will make you feel great about your social and environmental actions, especially with Earth Day around the corner. Habitat for Humanity ReStores help Canadian consumers practice the 3Rs every day:

• ReDuce - the need to manufacture new products
• ReUse - gently-used products in your home renovation projects
• ReCycle - your neighbour's gently-used products by finding a use for them in your house

Are you planning to finally get rid of that TV in the crawl space that merely collects dust? Maybe you'll finally decide to do something about the dozens of cell phones you have stashed away in the closet. Are you unsure of how to properly recycle these electronics? Recycle them with the ReStore and we'll make it easy for you! Bring your unwanted working or non-working electronics into our donation centre and will recycle them RESPONSIBLY!

So while you’re giving your house that thorough clean keep HFHWC and our Guelph Restore on your mind for all your recycled items!

Accepted Items for Donation

Items that Habitat ReStore accepts:

• Appliances and small appliances 
• Architectural columns, mantles, antique moldings 
• Cabinets (kitchen and bathroom)
• Carpeting and under-pad new or “as new” only 
• Doors (in good condition NO hollow bi-folds) 
• Drywall, blue board & cement board, in sheets uncut, (or half sheets) 
• Drywall mud & tape 
• Electrical devices and fixtures in “as new” working condition 
• Exercise equipment 
• Flooring (tiles, wood, vinyl engineered laminate, parquet) 
• Furniture (no box springs and mattresses, no upholstered furniture) 
• Garden tools, implements, structures, shovels wheelbarrows, sheds, etc. 
• Hand tools, including power tools 
• Hardware (hinges, handles, knobs, covers, nails, nuts and bolts, screws) 
• Insulation (only in wrapped bundles) 
• Interlocking paving stones 
• Lighting fixtures (interior & exterior) 
• Office furniture (desks, bookcases, computer work stations, chairs) 
• Plumbing fixtures without chips or stains 
• Plumbing tubing & pipes (copper, ABS, PVC, galvanized) 
• Roofing (shingles, barrier paper and membranes)
• Sealants and caulks in unopened packages
• Shutters
• Siding (wood, aluminum, vinyl)
• Steel and Aluminum/ Steel tubs, steel desks
• Televisions, radios, computers, monitors (all electronics)
• Wall coverings (paper, vinyl, tiles)
• Windows
• Wood (lumber, trim, molding, plywood, MDR OFB, plastic) in usable sizes, not scrap

Items NOT accepted: 

Unaccepted Items for Donation

• Any kind of waste
• Automotive supplies
• Toys
• Books, magazines
• Clothing
• Dishes/pots and pans/dishwashers
• Drywall smaller than 2x3
• Fertilizers, insecticides/pesticides, plants
• Glass that is not in a frame
• Hazardous material (flammables, acids, solvents)
• Plumbing fixtures that are chipped or stained (no 13 liter toilets)